Last year whenever people asked me what to use when building a home server, I'd tell them to use Linux or FreeBSD because there was absolutely nothing from Microsoft under a few hundred dollars. There ...

Despite its roots as a general-purpose operating system, it’s possible to turn your Windows 11 machine into a reliable server ...

Ask any Linux enthusiast, and they’ll tell you how awesome an operating system Linux can be. (Well, except Bryan Lunduke, who will say it sucks before he says it’s awesome.) For the desktop user, the ...

Ask most anyone who runs Windows at home what edition of the operating system he or she is using, and odds are you’ll hear a fairly predictable roster of responses: Windows XP Home, XP Professional, ...

Which is better? Microsoft Windows Server or open-source Linux? This debate arouses vehement opinions, but according to one IT consultant who spends a lot of time with both Windows and Linux, it’s a ...

The underlying OS looks to be Debian 4.0. At this point it looks like the major server applications I will be using will include: Bacula -- for system backups, incremental backups and bare metal ...

Setting up a file server doesn't need to be complicated. With three desktop machines (Kubuntu, Win XP and a testbed, which is currently running ReactOS) and a laptop (Xubuntu) in use at home, our IT ...

Ever since the announcement of the Raspberry Pi, sites all across the Internet have offered lots of interesting and challenging uses for this exciting device. Although all of those ideas are great, ...

When Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella extolled his company’s love for Linux—an open source operating system it previously opposed—it would be natural to assume that commitment came with a few caveats. On ...